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A decade of music, giving for Share-A-Christmas music benefit

• December 10, 2012
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God continues to work through His people, and on Sunday, Dec. 2 at Martins Creek Mennonite, the heavens were rejoicing during Jann Hershberger’s annual benefit concert for Holmes County Share-A-Christmas. Look What God Has Done, a musical celebration of the birth of Christ, celebrated a decade of local performers singing, dancing and acting to benefit Share-A-Christmas, Hershberger’s show...

The Share-A-Christmas toy maker

• December 10, 2012
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Don Hughes has been involved with the toy collection portion of Holmes County Share-A-Christmas (SAC) for a long time. The organization and the meaning that accompanies it have become a huge part of Hughes’ life. Following is his story about what Share-A-Christmas means to him. “I got involved with Share-A-Christmas in the second year of the program. “I was hired to teach at West Holmes and...

Journey to Bethlehem takes visitors on the path to a Christmas birth

• December 10, 2012
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“What Child Is This” sang a group of carolers in Walnut Creek on Friday, Nov. 30, as part of the third annual Journey to Bethlehem took place under the stars on a very warm and inviting last day of November. The child, of course, was the infant Jesus, the new king which had been heralded, and a huge collective effort by the local Walnut Creek businesses and many volunteers who served as...

Foxfield Preserve offers alternative to modern burial

• December 10, 2012
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Jeanne Hertzel and her daughter, Katie, visited The Wilderness Center on a sunny Saturday morning to help a Girl Scout troop prepare holiday wreaths for placement on gravesites in Foxfield Preserve. The Hertzels are from Cleveland, and came to help with the all natural decorations because Jeanne’s husband, Brian, is interred in the nature preserve cemetery. Brian passed away in 2010. His wishes...

Paul Weaver releases first book

• December 10, 2012
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Paul Weaver’s relationship with business was on the rocks. As a homebuilder during the Carter era, he was experiencing more outgo than income. He was having trouble even making interest payments on his business loans and personal mortgage. At his very lowest point, he got a call from his father, Harry Weaver, whose leather business wasn’t hurting at all. In fact, it was flourishing, and the...

Lorain bunch becoming charters' nightmare

• December 10, 2012
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Well, those feisty Lorain County public school district superintendents are at it again, blowing the whistle this time on how much money is spent on charter schools’ administrators compared to what is spent on their public school district counterparts. Citing statistics from the Ohio Department of Education, the Lorain bunch said per pupil expenditures for public districts is $10,110. That...

The Bigger, Better Plan

• December 10, 2012
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Summary: Loving people sometimes asks us to let go. It asks us to do what is hard in order to accomplish what is right. There are dates that we all have engraved in our brains. My top five are my wedding date, my hubby’s birthday, and the date both of our boys were born. As I reflect on each snapshot in the calendar, I smile that all five dates are within a few months of each other. So,...

Chilly rains couldn’t dampen Christmas spirit at New Phila parade

• December 10, 2012
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Summary: Umbrellas were everywhere during the New Philadelphia annual Christmas parade, but crowds still lined the streets as people gathered to celebrate the holiday season. It was definitely not the driest Christmas parade ever, but on the other hand, it was not the coldest, either. Temperatures bordered on balmy in spite of the steady rain that failed to dampen the Christmas spirit during New...

Dalton home brightens up the season with Christmas display

• December 10, 2012
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Summary: Bobby, Tiffany and Savannah Peppard live on 13499 Emerson Rd. in Dalton, where 30 holiday blowups and 16,000 lights brighten up the community. The Christmas display is open for anyone to tour and provide a donation at the end to the Wishes Can Happen Organization. The display’s purpose is to honor Bobby Peppard’s younger brother, David Peppard, who died of leukemia. When cancer...

Panhandling returns to North end of Wooster

• December 10, 2012
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Summary: Panhandling has become a concern in Wooster for at least a year. The panhandlers who have been approached have been from other counties and have declined opportunities for services. Joe Rubino of Parkview Christian Church offers the most effective advice for responding to the panhandling. Wooster residents have likely noticed the influx of traffic in the north end of town. The hustle...